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I see a JZ swap in your future.

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Distant future but yes. One will happen

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Had a chance to see how sticky those Nitto's are? I imagine 2nd gear would be fine, but curious if they can hook in 1st gear.

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Well just finished up the latest mod to the SC300. Air Conditioning!!!

This thing has not had AC since I bought it, finally decided to get it figured out since I'm a pussy driving it around in July heat/humidity.

So when I pressed the AC button, it would start blinking which I believed to mean that it wasn't detecting the compressor clutch engaged. So I jumpered 12V right to the clutch and heard/felt nothing. So I ordered up a reman compressor. Installed the new compressor this weekend. I also replaced just about all the o-rings. There were 2 that I know of that I just couldn't get so they stayed. I also got a new drier from O'Rielly. What was wierd was I ended up having to order one for an SC400, the SC300 didn't have the right dowel pin locations. So anyhow new o-rings, new drier, and new compressor. I jumered 12V to the compressor just to see, and you could hear it engage clear as day, that was a good sign!

I ended up calling my cousin who works at a shop in St. Louis Park. We pulled a vacuum on the system and it held perfect. Another good sign!

We added oil and then 30oz of R134a. Pressed the AC button when we were all done and out came cold air. Super happy, now I can drive this thing more often since I don't have to worry about constantly sweating my ass off!

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Hell yes!

Nothing pussy about having a sweaty nut sack

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That's awesome, I have to do the same thing. No AC really sucks.

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Thats awesome that it held pressure, for the car having the years on it. Good call on replacing the receiver drier and compressor. Enjoy the cool air!

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Very nice! AC with racecar is awesome times!

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HOLY COW, its 1:30am and i'm read this thread from post #1 to #1128. i can't believe i missed this build!

I need to get a f'n ride, I can't believe i haven't seen this car in the neighborhood if i recognized the house where you are thats just down the street from me..!

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I'm kinda near 105th and Radison, near the airport.

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Nice job! Cool nuts ftw

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Staying cool is the best! I don't think I've driven around with the windows down yet this year. Now you just need 35% tint and maybe that ceramic film and you'll be golden.

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Absolutely on the ceramic tint, just waiting for AJ to throw another par-tay!

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^Same here, I should have at least one maybe 2 whips to get done.

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My buddy want his C7 done as well. Do it up AJ!!

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Will have to look into it soon.

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Dyno today?
me and 5 guests want to know.

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Yeah. Weather sucks ass but I'm scheduled at 3. I might get there at 2 instead if it seems like there's going to be a break in the weather then. Not going to be too exciting though, just doing a quick 3-pull type deal to see how RavenWorks numbers compare since I really have no reference to how their dyno reads in comparison to others I've been on before.

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Thats still more interesting than anything else Im doing today.

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probably going to be there around 2:40. Kinda interested in checking out that new shop a block away now too.

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Where is this being done at, anyway?

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Sorry man just saw this, I was at MAP.

So I took a quick trip to MAP for just 3 dyno pulls. Since I'd never been on the RavenWorks dyno before, I didn't really know how it read in comparison to other dynos. I made 545hp at RavenWorks. Bob estimated that'd be 570 or so on a DynoJet. So I went to MAP to see for myself.

Car made 561hp / 471tq. It was a considerably hotter day out, and in the dyno room. So I think Bob's estimate was about right, probably about a 5% difference. Best pull attached. Scanner is being a bastard so hard to see the lines.

Re: Project Lex
 

Fun car, fun power level. 2jz no shit.

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^Agreed.
what's with the 50hp jump in the last 1000rpm? 1 psi?

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Nice numbers!

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No idea. Part of me wonders if the rad fan had turned on, then turned off at the end at a certain RPM. After all it was pretty hot, and I had the A/C on for the whole drive there :)

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Was the car breaking up at all? I have seen my car do that if I see ignition breakup. I have also seen's maps tach pickup have plenty of issues over the year actually picking signal up, but usually that just shows nothing.

Regardless, awesome numbers and looks like a really fun ride.

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Did not break up at all. Car is running like a fuggin champ.

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Noice

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It will decimate all! Lol nice numbers!

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It's an amazing machine.

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Operation redo interior is underway. Most of this will get done over the winter, but I've started a couple little things as well as started accumulating parts. Basically I'll be redoing the interior to either black, or a black / brown combo (kinda like seen in some bimmers). And as previously mentioned, will also be fitting in some different (lighter) front seats.

So far I've purchased and installed new black floor mats, black armrest, and black rear view mirror. I purchased new interior door panels since mine are not in good shape. Anything that is broken I'm buying replacements. Otherwise I'm just going to try dying the rest with SEM.

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So I had dipped my wheels a couple months ago, but hated how it turned out. I dipped them charcoal with pearlizer over the top. Ended up just looking cheezy and inconsistent with the pearl overcoat. So I peeled it all off and told myself I'm only doing single stage colors now.

I bought a test can of the silver mettalic and the anthracite metallic. I tested them on my spare set of FD wheels. Had a hard time choosing but I was leaning towards the silver since I think it just looks clean and unassuming, which fits what I'm going for with this car. However I already kind of know what silver looks like on the car, so I went ahead and bought anthracite. I got the rears done, I think it gives it a much more aggressive look which is kind of cool. I also went from 5mm spacers to 10mm spacers in the rear as well, along with longer studs.

I like how it looks, more aggressive. I'll get the fronts done eventually as well. Then will just see how I like them. If I decide I liked silver better, I'll just buy silver and spray right over it.

Here's a few pics. Before shot of the rears (car on dyno). Then a couple after shots. Also a pic of my silver/anthracite test wheels

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Looking good, i love dark grey/silver colors.

Nice meats in the back, what tire is that and what size?

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They are the Nitto NT05-R's. They are the 17" ones, I think 275/40/17 is the exact size, otherwise you can look on their site.

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I like the darker color, I want like that on my car.

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The dark color looks nice. Hard to disguise a good tire :)

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Well yesterday evening the car decided it wants to be a 4cyl. Right now it appears the injector drivers within the MS box for cylinders 4 & 6 have died. Have a couple tests I will do tonight to help verify this. Hopefully DIYAutotune can get me some new bits to fix this. Talking to my buddy in FL, he's ran into this before, even more so on the EV14 style injectors. No real good explanation as for why though. Kinda nice to know it's not just me, but still kinda sucks.

Aaron remember I was saying the car didn't feel as fast for some reason. I wonder if these have been intermittently dying over the past week or so, and finally kicked the bucket. Also I wonder if it is partially responsible for that strange dip in my MAP dyno chart?

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Yeah I remember you saying that. Good luck getting it fixed

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Crappy, hopefully its an easy fix. wheels look good! What suspension are you on? I think dropping it a bit more would make the car look a bit more aggressive overall. No stance though plz.